Modeling molecular assembly into chiral nanostructures

Molecular modeling techniques are used to shed light on the assembly of molecules into chiral nanostructures. The chirality at the supramolecular scale can result from the aggregation of chiral molecules (e.g., in solution) or from the intrinsic symmetry breaking occuring at a surface for an adsorbed molecular layer (be the molecules chiral or not). Our studies focus on the expression of chirality in the adsorbed monolayers and the transfer of chirality from the molecular elementary units to the supramolecular nanostructures. Based on the structural information obtained from Molecular Dynamics simulations, it is also possible to calculate the circular dichroism spectra of the chiral supramolecular assemblies.